Improvement in apparatus for furling sails



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Letters Patent No. 94,099, dated A14-gust 24, 1869;

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS ron FURLiNG sAILs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent andmaking part of the same.

l'o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE G. GAILLIC, of Eastport, in the county of Washington, and State'of Maine, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in the Method ofFurling Sails fi'om the Deck; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction 4and operation of the same, reference being. had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure I, of the drawings, .is a representation of the sail set,.looking at it 'from abaft the mast. A

Figure 2 represents sail set, looking from forward of the mast.

Figure 3 represents side view of sail set.

' Figure 4 is a representation of sail' as seen from either fore or a the mast.

Figure 5 represents sail partially reefed.

Figures 6 and 7 are representations of ropes and sal s.

Figure 8 represents top truck, ring, and downhaul, also shoulder-bolt which secures top -truck to the yard.

My invention relates to seamanship; and

It consists, mainly, in a novel arrangement of devices by which a Vships sails may be furled and unfurled 'om the deck. t A

The rigging of a ship is shown upon the drawings, ,and such parts of which as are essential to specify my invention, are named, respectively, as follows:

On iig. l, the letter a represents the top-sail brace; L, lower brace; c, clewlines; d, (red,) reef-tackle; e, chain top-sail sheet; j, top-sail tie.; y, top-sail runner; h, top-sail hal yard; i, (rope and chain,) caring-outhaul; n, sheaves through which the outhaul runs.

On iig. 2, the parts marked as above represent the same devices. Letter j, (blue,) represents the buntlne; k, hunting-gasket line; l, bunting'- gasket m, track in which the rlngs run ou rollers, to which the sail is bent; o, buntline-block; p, ring which secures sail when furled and clewed up. n

' On. iig. 3, a portion ofthe devices mentiotiedvabove is indicated by corresponding letters of reference.

Fig. 4 shows most of the devices mentioned above marked with corresponding letters of reference, and an additional reference, marked q, which letter represents the downhaul-ring.

On iig. 5, the letters above mentioned refer to parts corresponding with thosealready specified. V` The letters of reference above `named, that appear on fig. (i, indicate corresponding devices, and the let'- ter r, on said iigure, represents a lower or inner track, constructed as shown. Y

The letter s, on fig. 7, represents a'roller running in tinck, The other letters on said figure are shown and described on the 'iguresabove mentioned. Y

The letter t, on g..8, represents ashoulder-bolt.

4The otherl letters on said figure are seen in the other o figures upon the drawings, and represent corresponding parts.

To` operate my device from the deck of the vesseLI y brace a, and downhaul connected -with the ring q. 'I pull on Vtop-sail sheets c, and when' they are hauled taut on Yboth sides, make'them fast to cleat. I then pnll on top-sail halyards h till the halyards vbring the -sail taut. 4If the earing-outhauls t' are not then perfectly even, I even them from the deckby pulling.

'Ihese movements Set the sail completely.

'Io furl the sail, I let go top-sail halyards h and topsail sheet e, one at a time. I then pull .on clew-linec 'and on both sides of reeftackle d. I then pull on buntlinej,bu11tinggasket1ine.k,and on downhaul attached to securing-ring q. These movements furl the' sail completely.

Anysquare sail maybe furled from the deck by the means above mentioned.

To reef. the sail in a common'breeze, I slack the top-sailghalyard h, haul in on the top-sail brace a, on

buntline j, and onV reef-tackle gently. These movements will bring the earing-outhauls t near the centre of the yard, and hook the hooks that 'lieon the end ofthe reef-bandV into the bail in the yard that'connects with the ean'ng-outhauls I then knot the points from aft part of sail through the rings that lie in the track.

These rings are attached to the roller s, on fig. 7. I

then haul in the slack of the caring-.outhaul i, but do not make the outhauls fast until the yard is'hojiste'd up.

In a heavy wind, I clewup the top-sails altogether, as mentioned above, then, being supported by buntline j, clew-line c, reef-tackle d, and bunting-gasket l, the sail is brought entirely out ofthe-Wind, and two men can easily vreef it.

Let it be understood that only those sails that reef are bent to the rings attached to the roller. The other sails arebent `without the rings.

To bend the sail, I bend the rollers to the Asail while it lies ou deck, and make fast the buutlines to the middle of the sail, in any convenient manner. I then hoist up the sail by the bnntline's.

When the sail is up to the yard, I open the clews. Then two men, one on' each side of the mast, can, place the rollers, with sail attached, into 4the track. I then close the clews, and make fast the middle of the sail tothe ring in-the clasp. I then attach the buntlines, clew-lines, out'- hauls, and necessary gear, and the sail is bent.

In unbending the sail, I reverse the Vprocess described in the preceding paragraph.,

For a more explicit description of y the operation of" The reef-tackle d operates by passing through the rings or lizards on the outer edge of the sail, being v made fast to the foot of the sail, close to the clew, and

running up to the four-sheaved block o. This reeftackle being pulled, plaits the sail as a man would do, if placed on the yard.

The buntline 7 reeves therrings or lizards on the sail, fastened at the foot thereof, and clews the sail to the yard. This line also runs through the four-sheaved blocko, and inside the ring p.

The earing-outhaulfi'is fastenedto the head of the sail, runsthrough the sheavesn in the yard-arm, then through a quarter-block in the centre of the yard, and thence to the deck, where it is made fast. This line hauls out the 'caring whenthe top-sail halyard h is` pulled. i 1

The tracks on yard, marked m andy, are those upon which the rollers run. The'upper track, m, is formed by the edge of the overlying 4plate which covers and protects the same from bad weather.

The ring, marked p, is operated by the ring downhaul q, and when the sail is furled and'elewed, the downhaul, being pulled, brings the ring p down on the sail, thereby giving security to said sail.

There are clews affixed to the centre-of the yard, which serve to confine and keep in place the Workingapparatus of the track. There is a ring in the centre of these clews,to which the centre of the sail is fastened, and which serves to keep -the earings even.

the four-sheaved What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination and arrangement of the buntf,

lines, rollers, ring, and track, herein described, when operated to haul a sail, substantially as specified.

2. The combination and arrau gement of thetop-sail halyards h, top-sail braces a, buntlinej, earing-outhauls i, and rings and track, as described, when operated, as specified, to reef ahsail, substantially as setforth. 3. The combination and arrangement of the buntinggasket line 7c, buntline j, reef-tackle d, top-sail braces, a, ring q, with its do\vnha111,topsail sheet c, topsail -halyards l, and caring-outhauls 'i,'wben the same are operated to set a sail, substantially as described.

4. The combination and arrangement of the top-sail halyards h, top-sail sheet e, clew-line c, buntline j, bunting-gasket line k, and ring q, when operated to furla sail, substantially as specified` 5. The sheaves o andn, and the ringp, when combined and operating substantiallyas and for the purposes described.

6. In combination with the sail-furling and tautening-apparatus herein specified, the clews attached to the centre of the yard, `that hold the sail and roller to the track, and to which fthe middle ofthe sail is bent,

substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony' that I claim theY above, I have hereunto subscribed my naine, in the presence of two wit-V nesses.

EUGENE Gr. GAILLIC.

Witnesses A. McNIcvHoL, NICK FEssnNDEN. 

